Sunday 7 November 2021

Blog: Status Update November 2021

Well, I suppose its time for another blog update.


As I enter the Christmas period, I find myself in a better place emotionally, but in a bit of a lull creatively. I'm doing better at managing myself, and have more going on socially, so I've been less likely to go on tangents or set myself artificial targets. By around this point last year I had a significant backlog, but not so much this time. I've actually been scrapping articles on the grounds they weren't interesting to me or necessarily helpful things to write. This has manifested on the blog with the recent return of Transformers articles, and the declining frequency of Gunpla. With the Transformers, there was a bunch of stuff rattling around in my brain, which wasn't really expressible while I sold them as a business. This is in stark contrast to my disinterest with the current crop of Transformers, which is so G1 obsessed currently I find myself frustrated. What Transformers writing has made it onto the site so far has been the positive articles. With the gunpla, I think I've just grown a bit bored, or that interest has been met by my recently-concluded Mecha Hack campaign. I'm a quite passable gunpla builder, but I think I've gone as far as I can without spending serious money, and nothing is grabbing me just now. So, I don't currently have a steady stream of blog material. At time of writing, I'm running approximately 3 weeks ahead of myself, and I suppose with holidays coming up, that will be maintained. I have however been in two minds about continuing. I can't say I do this for the page views, and nor should I tie my self-worth to that metric. This is only a regular creative outlet, providing some welcome structure to my life, and there may yet come a point where it no-longer serves a purpose.





That said, let's talk about some positives. The recent scratchbuild projects have been most enjoyable, and I am currently prepping for another. My Mecha Hack Campaign was a joy, and I expect to have some spin-off articles from that experience. I'm brainstorming some ideas for a sequel campaign, so I expect to have something substantive for posting. Not everything fits my group, but I'm loathe to dump a good idea. 

 

This all assumes that I don't just skiv off to play Super Robot Wars 30 instead, while claiming its research.



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